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Does anyone know the brush size shortut in PS 7? I tryed . and , but it just cycles the existing brushes. I loose a lot of time with adjusting.

robinayles

09-07-2004, 05:20 PM

Use the left and right square bracket keys to size your brush up and down.

-RobinAyles

andrewley

09-07-2004, 05:22 PM

Nice pic laeng - I'm struggling for an idea for this one (is it a reference to something or just random?)

Its [ and ] to adjust brush sizes in Photoshop (and Painter)

Erikoinen

09-07-2004, 05:26 PM

andrewley, any clue what those keys would be in a Finnish keyboard? :) In Finnish keyboard you get [ by pressing Alt + 8 and ] by pressing Alt + 9.. And they don't seem so handy neither do they work :)

andrewley

09-07-2004, 05:42 PM

andrewley, any clue what those keys would be in a Finnish keyboard? :) In Finnish keyboard you get [ by pressing Alt + 8 and ] by pressing Alt + 9.. And they don't seem so handy neither do they work :)
hmmm...I know there is a Finnish update on the Adobe site

as u can see i changed mine as well :)
You've got PhotoShop CS? I use PhotoShop 7 and I can't see that kind of Keyboard shortcuts -menu. You would think, that I would've already noticed it if it were there... :P

http://usera.imagecave.com/Dillon/monkey.jpg
Come on you lot.. If I can do two it can't be THAT hard..

Supervlieg.. The little monkey head hanging out the bottom made me laugh out loud..

Sorry HenningK, I wanted to have a go at your style.. and failed, I have to add..
Photoshop 30mins

Art2

09-08-2004, 12:24 AM

Come on you lot.. If I can do two it can't be THAT hard..
Hey pooby, we're not as fast as you :). I love your first sketch.

Supervlieg: Great characters! I especially like that little monkey.

Andrewley: another terriffic piece. Is that a Japanese snowmonkey?

Drumwhore: Great sketch. Looks like he's wondering..."Who hid all the monkeys?"

Dargon: great comic style and angle.

:thumbsup: to everybody else.

edit: lots of hours (5?), worked on it on and of, and I had a blast making this one.
Painter8

http://www.empa.tv/marlon/sketch24.jpg

BadPenny

09-08-2004, 12:35 AM

Well I ve been watching around for a while and now is time to post something.
I just begun learning 2d art (its so difficult for me mixing colors the first times!!) so my skills aren't so good but i hope i can improve em a lot here.

Anyway this is my first post ever.
WHO HID ALL THE MONKEYS?- "hmm..er..not me."
http://utenti.lycos.it/avvistamentiufo/monkey.jpg
PS+Wacom 1.30/2 hours

Btw Pooby u may note that it looks a lil bit like yours.I was creating this pic before u posted yours so i really apologize for this.

WillSweat

09-08-2004, 01:04 AM

Nice sketch pooby! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Branko

09-08-2004, 01:15 AM

What HAppened To All Of The Monkeys?
I'd Tell Him.
:We Massacred and Caged Them Asshole...:shrug:

http://img80.exs.cx/img80/6765/CagedFamily.jpg

SteveV

09-08-2004, 01:24 AM

Hey Rasdasa, I want to buy one of your drawings, are you interested in selling?

I am back to school now, so looks like i may not be able to do many more of these! Hopefully I will get the time to do one once and a while.

Branko

09-08-2004, 01:47 AM

Hey Rasdasa, I want to buy one of your drawings, are you interested in selling?hahaha, are you joking or for real?
If your serious of course I'm interested. But what do you mean, that you buy the rights to it, or that you just buy it and I keep my name to it. Because if its the first there is no way I'm selling, my art is my life blood, otherwise sure! I'm bloody flattered :D .

Also, thank you majofo. I too had my first day of school... be honest, did you do what I did...? run to the washroom, lock yourself in a stall and cry like a little sissy... I feel like I'm in a dead end... I'm doing Graphic Design right now but what i really want to do is illustration/animation. The only problem is that the schools that offer such courses are also 3x 4x times more expensive and I just can't afford that... it's bloody depressing I tell ya... I don't care about Typography!! and Quark Xpress!
Raaaa!

SteveV

09-08-2004, 02:07 AM

I'm a professional (some say) illustrator, I surround myself with the art I love. It helps keep me motivated after 25 years (like this place does)

I'd just be framing it and hanging it on the wall.

I'm with you on Quark and Indesign, I went digital 10 years ago and I'm proud to say still can't use Quark or any other page layout program.

hawk

09-08-2004, 02:16 AM

http://www.applegeeks.com/temp/snowchyld.jpg

Sketch on paper. Inked and colored in Photoshop.

Branko

09-08-2004, 02:18 AM

Hell, in that case I'd be honored! Really honored! As long as my name stays on it, that is ;P
Send me an e-mail if you really are serious and tell me what you propose.
bisvictonics@rogers.com

Why the hell would I take an artists name off their work? You might be famous one day! ;)

Taron333

09-08-2004, 03:21 AM

...it feels so straight forward....hmmm...anyway...here it goes...
within 2 hours during render-breaks....openCanvas1.1

http://www.taron.de/Storage/Images/2d_sketches/ZooMyMonkeys.jpg

SteveV

09-08-2004, 03:30 AM

Zonkers taron, you have some awesome depth to that illustration.

Taron333

09-08-2004, 03:41 AM

Zonkers taron, you have some awesome depth to that illustration.

Thanx, Mr.daily Avatar...hehehehe....Yeah, I feel that it's getting really hard to contribute something worthy to that stunning crew here....I'm so in awe....it's nearly impossible to pick out a single one to talk to, because it's all fantastic, but just so I've said this real quick: Pooby....man....please be an older man like around end of 30s or so....I'm terrified by the routined brilliance. That goes for a whole bunch of you, but I just see this deep and nearly satisfied knowledge in his work....big Wow!

Taron

thebigxer

09-08-2004, 04:34 AM

I feel like i kinda let everyone with this one, I just couldnt think of anything to put in the background.

http://www.tbxr.com/crap/goarlack.jpg

On the upside I'm starting to get better at this digital painting stuff I just need to start adding more contrast to my images cause there always to light.

about 40 mins in photoshop.

DigitalOmega

09-08-2004, 05:20 AM

not really inspired, but what can i do?? =)

http://3db2.com/daily/29.jpg

pen and paper, ps, 2 hr

this time i had some good ideas.. mostly form this site:

http://www.ape-o-naut.org/famous/
good reference for the next monkey theme!

Phade

09-08-2004, 05:49 AM

http://crystalynstorm.com/cgt_dsg/090704.jpg

58m painter

so many posts to the tune of "uninspired" yet so many great pieces from everyone . . .

Supervlieg

09-08-2004, 09:31 AM

So many great entries for such a hard topic. Some people actually selling their stuff now! :D

Laeng: Great job, a bit desatured color imo, but good nevertheless.
Pooby: Great pic, I like the hands in this one mucho.
Made in Uterus: Nice one, especially for 10 minutes :)
Andrewley: Great sketching job dude. Did you work with a reference or did you do this by heart?
Drumwhore: Great expression and somehow that monkey works very well.
Dargon: Excellent style, nice perspective.
derbyqsalano: Hehe, nice one, maybe a spotlight would have enhanced the feeling.
Pooby (2nd): Good one, though your first one is better imo.
Art2: Good start.
-Andy-: Welcome dude, seems like an excellent start to many daily sketches :)
Rasdasa: Great one, maybe you should sell that one ;)
Hawk: Awesome, very professional coloring. I always enjoy your coloring jobs on characters. Very inspiring. im always hesitant to use the dodge tool a lot, but maybe I should get into it more.
Meta_nerd: They look so sad. Great sketching though. I wonder who's the guilty one.
Taron333: Great man. That sunlight is amazing.
Thebigxer: Yep, it looks like youre getting better :) Contrast is hard to get right, Im often struggeling with it myself. Sometimes its got to take a breather and return to it after an hour or so. You see things you usually dont.
3db2: Nice one, could use some color. But then again its more easy when youre inspired I guess.
Phade: I think the pic could do with some more extreme highlights/shadows. The pose is very dynamic.

And that concludes the list for today:D

andrewley

09-08-2004, 10:43 AM

Supervlieg - Cheers bud - I used elements from a few references

Taron333 and Meta Nerd - Nice pics guys

good work from everyone on a tough topic

Laeng

09-08-2004, 10:58 AM

Rasdasa: I study on such a school, and after 3 years, I know that such a school is helpfull, but you realy can get along without it.

A while ago, the found the 3D departement at disney, and hired technical people. It endet in half a deasaster. They knew the technical stuff, but had no idea of the artistic part. Then they gave courses for traditional animators, with great success.

I think you can go far enough with some basic software skills to get hired if you´re an artist.
Buy "The animators Survival Guide" and "acting for animators", get a small package, maybe Hash Animation Master, and start to work with it. Softimage and Alias offer free tryout versions, and no one will blame you for a watermark in a demoreal, as long as it´s good animation.
First of all, learn to teach yourself, and stay in contact with others, they will guide you a way how to improve.

There´s a guy who was hired as a runner in a big Production house. He asked a teacher of mine wheather he could look over his shoulder, and learn modeling when he finished his work. He did this for 4 month, and then got hired as a modeler. 3 years later he became a supervisor for Jurassic park.

patogonzalez: nice pic. Good jaguar, a bit zombie like without the pupils though.
elmasfeao: Thanks man. your pic reminds me of the merchant in Zelda: the wind waker.
rhemrev: Those monkeys are well rendered.
R0mer0: Great pic, great depth with the jungle. Its hard to choose a favourite in this topic, but this is certainly one of them.

''Pooby....man....please be an older man like around end of 30s or so....''

Taron.. thanks for the flattering comments..

I'm 35.

Doing this sketch club is really therapeutic.. I used to draw all the time but now pretty much just work in 3D so this is a great way of getting back into the swing of it..

I really enjoy seeing the way everyone approaches an idea.. And I like nicking style ideas off you all..:D

Taron333

09-09-2004, 12:20 AM

I'm 35.

Doing this sketch club is really therapeutic.. I used to draw all the time but now pretty much just work in 3D so this is a great way of getting back into the swing of it..

I really enjoy seeing the way everyone approaches an idea.. And I like nicking style ideas off you all..:D

3D...oh really?! Do you have anything online?! I'm a little bit out of the loop here! I'd love to see your 3D work!

YES, it SURE is therapeutic! It serves that purpose very much! But it also gives me a chance to learn again! I'm 32. We're all old farts, huh!? Funny....but it's beautiful and I'm ecstatic about it all!

Taron

pooby

09-09-2004, 12:35 AM

3D...oh really?! Do you have anything online?! I'm a little bit out of the loop here! I'd love to see your 3D work!

Well, I do, but it's REALLY old and rather embarrassing. It's mostly commercial work. In need of an update V soon..

www.movinghousefilms.com (http://www.movinghousefilms.com)

Art2

09-09-2004, 02:20 AM

I'm 32. We're all old farts, huh!?
Hey, who you calling old fart! :)
(God, I'm glad that Pooby guy is older than me ...)

uhm... I've finished my sketch. (page2)

SteveV

09-09-2004, 04:28 AM

I can't even remember when I was 32.

1959.

Branko

09-09-2004, 04:54 AM

R0mer0, that made me chuckle. Great rendering.

SteveV

09-09-2004, 05:57 AM

It's a beautiful drawing R0mer0.

r0mer0

09-09-2004, 12:19 PM

Thank You both, Rasdasa & SteveV! :D

Alice

09-09-2004, 12:45 PM

I was bitten by a monkey when I was a kid :(

Supervlieg

09-09-2004, 01:23 PM

I was bitten by a monkey when I was a kid :(
Hey me too! It was a small one though. And it didnt really hurt. I never thrust them again though.

Erikoinen

09-09-2004, 01:34 PM

Doods, are you all around 30? :)

Now I found my reason why I (18) suck compared to you (~30) guys! :D

Art2

09-09-2004, 02:01 PM

I was bitten by a monkey when I was a kid :(
When I was a kid, I was the monkey...